2nd Annual BRATs

DRAMA

Outstanding Drama Series


Black Lightning
CW

Nominees

  • "The Chi" (Showtime)

  • "Greenleaf" (OWN)

  • "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • "This Is Us" (NBC)

Outstanding Actor, Drama Series


Sterling K. Brown
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Omari Hardwick - "Power" (Starz)

  • Kofi Siriboe - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Cress Williams - "Black Lightning" (CW)

  • Jeffrey Wright - 'Westworld" (HBO)

Outstanding Actress, Drama Series


Rutina Wesley
"Queen Sugar"
OWN

Nominees

  • Dawn-Lyen Gardner - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Taraji P. Henson - "Empire" (FOX)

  • Niecy Nash - "Claws" (TNT)

  • Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series


Omar J. Dorsey
"Queen Sugar"
OWN

Nominees

  • Jacob Latimore - "The Chi" (Showtime)

  • Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)

  • Harold Perrineau - "Claws" (TNT)

  • Deondre T. Whitfield - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series


Susan Kelechi Watson
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Bianca Lawson - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Thandie Newton - "Westworld" (HBO)

  • Tessa Thompson - "Westworld" (HBO)

  • Lynn Whitfield - "Greenleaf" (OWN)

Outstanding Directing, Drama Series


The Chi
"Pilot"
Showtime


Rick Famuyiwa, directed by

Nominees

  • Black Lightning ("The Resurrection) - Salim Akil, director

  • Queen Sugar ("Fruit of the Flower") - Cheryl Dunye, director

  • Scandal ("People Like Me") - Joe Morton, director

  • Scandal ("The People v. Olivia Pope") - Kerry Washington, director

Outstanding Writing, Drama Series


This Is Us
"This Big, Amazing, Beautiful Life"
NBC


Kay Oyegun, written by

Nominees

  • The Chi ("Pilot") - Lena Waithe, written by

  • Queen Sugar ("Dream Variations") - Ava DuVernay, written by

  • Queen Sugar ("Heritage") - Monica Macer & Davita Scarlett, written by

  • This Is Us ("Number Three") - Shukree Tilghman, written by

Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series


Ron Cephas Jones
"This Is Us"
NBC

Nominees

  • Alimi Ballard - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Common - "The Chi" (Showtime)

  • Taye Diggs - "Empire" (FOX)

  • Roger G. Smith - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series


Phylicia Rashad
"Empire"
FOX

Nominees

  • Michael Michele - "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • Jill Scott - "Black Lightning" (CW)

  • Cicely Tyson - "How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC)

  • Samira Wiley - "The Handmaid's Tale" (HULU)

Comedy

Outstanding Comedy Series

"Atlanta"
FX

Nominees

  • "black-ish" (ABC)

  • "Dear White People" (Netflix)

  • "grown-ish" (Freeform)

  • "Insecure" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series

Donald Glover
"Atlanta"
FX

Nominees

  • Anthony Anderson - "black-ish" (ABC)

  • Jerrod Carmichael - "The Carmichael Show" (NBC)

  • Dwayne Johnson - "Ballers" (HBO)

  • Tracy Morgan - "The Last O.G." (TBS)

Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series

Issa Rae
"Insecure"
HBO

Nominees

  • Logan Browning - "Dear White People" (Netflix)

  • Tiffany Haddish - "The Last O.G." (TBS)

  • Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC)

  • Yara Shahidi - "grown-ish" (Freeform)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

LaKeith Stanfield
"Atlanta"
FX

Nominees

  • Tituss Burgess - "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (Netflix)

  • Terry Crews - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)

  • Jay Ellis - "Insecure" (HBO)

  • Laurence Fishburne - "black-ish" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

Jenifer Lewis
"black-ish"
ABC

Nominees

  • Tichina Arnold - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

  • Zazie Beetz - "Atlanta" (FX)

  • Yvonne Orji - "Insecure" (HBO)

  • Antoinette Robertson - "Dear White People" (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series

black-ish
"Juneteenth"
ABC


Anton Cropper, directed by

Nominees

  • Atlanta ("Barbershop") - Donald Glover, directed by

  • Atlanta ("FUBU") - Donald Glover, directed by

  • Insecure ("Hella Perspective") - Melina Matsoukas, directed by

  • Shameless ("Fuck Paying It Forward") - Regina King, directed by

Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series

Atlanta
"Teddy Perkins"
FX


Donald Glover, written by

Nominees

  • Atlanta ("FUBU") - Stephen Glover, written by

  • black-ish ("Juneteenth") - Peter Saji, written by

  • Insecure ("Hella Perspective") - Issa Rae, written by

  • The Last O.G. ("Pilot") - Jordan Peele & John Carcieri, written by

Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series

Katt Williams
"Atlanta"
FX

Nominees

  • Chadwick Boseman - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

  • Sterling K. Brown - "Insecure" (HBO)

  • Sterling K. Brown - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

  • Donald Glover - "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series

Tiffany Haddish
"Saturday Night Live"
NBC

Nominees

  • Regina Hall - "Insecure" (HBO)

  • Rashida Jones - "black-ish" (ABC)

  • Anna Deavere Smith - "black-ish" (ABC)

  • Lena Waithe - "Dear White People" (Netflix)

Television Movies/Limited Series

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

"Seven Seconds"
Netflix

Nominees

  • "Black Mirror" (Netflix)

  • "The Defenders" (Netflix)

  • Flint (Lifetime)

  • "Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G." (USA)

Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

Michael B. Jordan
Fahrenheit 451
HBO

Nominees

  • Mike Colter - "The Defenders" (Netflix)

  • Dule Hill - Psych: The Movie (USA)

  • Terrence Howard - "Electric Dreams" (Amazon Prime Video)

  • John Legend - Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

Regina King
"Seven Seconds"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Georgina Campbell - "Black Mirror" (Netflix)

  • Carmen Ejogo - "The Girlfriend Experience" (Starz)

  • Janelle Monae - "Electric Dreams" (Amazon Prime Video)

  • Jill Scott - Flint (Lifetime)

Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series

Russell Hornsby
"Seven Seconds"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Corey Champagne - "Seven Seconds" (Netflix)

  • Brandon Victor Dixon - Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

  • Babs Olusanmokun - "Black Mirror" (Netflix)

  • Bokeem Woodbine - "Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G." (USA)

Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series

Letitia Wright
"Black Mirror"
Netflix

Nominees

  • Michaela Coel - "Black Mirror" (Netflix)

  • Rosario Dawson - "The Defenders" (Netflix)

  • Queen Latifah - Flint (Lifetime)

  • Simone Missick - "The Defenders" (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing, TV Movie or Limited Series

Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
"Wherever It Leads"
USA


Anthony Hemingway, directed by

Nominees

  • American Horror Story: Cult ("Drink the Kool-Aid") - Angela Bassett, directed by

  • Electric Dreams ("Kill All Others") - Dee Rees, directed by

  • Seven Seconds ("Until I Do") - Ernest R. Dickerson, directed by

  • Seven Seconds ("Witnesses for the Prosecution") - Victoria Mahoney, directed by

Outstanding Writing, TV Movie or Limited Series

Seven Seconds
"A Boy and a Bike"
Netflix


Veena Sud & Salisha Francis, written by

Nominees

  • Bobbi Kristina - Rhonda Baraka, written by

  • Electric Dreams ("Kill All Others") - Dee Rees, written by

  • Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. ("The Mack") - Denitria Harris-Lawrence, written by

  • Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. ("Wherever It Leads") - Kyle Long, written by

Television Documentaries, Specials & Music

Outstanding Television Documentary or Special

"The Defiant Ones"
HBO


Allen Hughes, directed by

Nominees

  • Being Serena (HBO)

  • Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. (A&E)

  • Def Comedy Jam 25 (Netflix)

  • Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)

Outstanding Music (Comedy, Drama or Limited Series)

Insecure
HBO


Kier Lehman, music supervisor

Nominees

  • "Atlanta" (FX)

  • "Black Lightning" (CW)

  • "Queen Sugar" (OWN)

  • "This Is Us" (NBC)